About this project
e(L) (P)aper is an independent publication with a handmade aesthetic that strives to create an open, creative dialogue between visual artists, writers and the public at large.
Published by Local Project non-profit for the arts—a platform for artists based in Long Island City, NY—the magazine was born in 2009. Issue number 0 was part of the Alternative Histories exhibition, at Exit Art in Chelsea last year. Now, we want to continue the publication on a regular basis and we need support in order to pay for the printing.
WHAT
The magazine is a broadsheet of paper that the reader has to fold and unfold to read.
Size: 22.75 x 33'
Equivalent to 16 pages
Paper: 50LB newsprint
Full color, double sided
1000 COPIES
WHO
We are a team of writers and artists working on the selection and edition of the materials in order to make them fit together around a main subject/theme (“paper” for the upcoming issue)
We also have translators, copyeditors, designers and editors among us.
In this issue (#1, June 2011):
Texts by Nicole Delgado, David Mc Loghlin, Eladio Frío, Taina Cojoba, Elisa Clark.
Visual Poems by Tanya Torres and Carlos Soto.
Artworks by Miguel Luciano, Renzo Ortega, Mayuko Fujino, Jason Artiga, Maria Tapia, Antonio Ortuño, June Kosloff
WHERE
Local Project is a non-profit organization committed to building an educational forum for artists, creating a synergy between their work and the public. We believe diversity is essential to growth. At LP we support all forms of self-expression by providing an open space for artists without concern to their genre, medium, or provenance. The artist and the community collaborate toward a richer and fuller, mutual development. LP provides a creative harbor for all.
WHEN
June 4th, 2011, 6pm
eL Paper release party: music, poetry, art show, wine
45-10 Davis Street, Long Island City
Few steps from PS 1
(Court Square Subway Station)
free
HOW
This is not about the arts, this is art in and of itself
Bilingual magazine
4 issues per year
Thematic publication looking to create a dialogue among writing and visual arts
Each number is organized around a particular subject. We work with open calls and invitation to artists who work throughout a wide sphere of cultural aspects. The subject for the past issue was LOCAL DREAMS. The subject for the upcoming issue will be PAPER.
WHY
We want to show the creative work of the people involved with Local Project (photography, drawing, performance art, writing), while generating an interdisciplinary dialogue between LP and other community and art spaces in NY. We also wish to create a space for freedom of expression.
FAQ
Have a question? If the info above doesn't help, you can ask the project creator directly.
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This project successfully raised its funding goal on June 4, 2011.
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Poetic Combo by eL Paper contributor Carlos Soto: tea bag chapbook + tryptich
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Letterpress poem by Alina Reyes
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Music Combo by R-Tronika band: Apple Pie Cd + EP Vinyl with artwork by eL Paper contributor Renzo Ortega. Signed by the band.
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Silk screen by Local Project artist
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Complimentary one-day handmade books workshop by Alina Reyes. At the end of the workshop you could keep the copy of Alina`s book you helped to bind. (July, day TBD)
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Artwork by Local Project artist
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Illustrated poem by eL Paper contributors Eladio Frío and Miguel Luciano
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Illustration by eL Paper contributor Maria Tapia or Drawing by eL Paper contributor June Kosloff or Engraving by Local Project artist
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Original artwork "The life of mammals" (17,7' x 11,4') by artist Juan Betancurth, the piece was the cover of eL Paper issue number 1.
Project By
Connected as Elisa Montesinos (687 friends)
Elisa Clark, accidental journalist and travelogue writer born in Chile, is a nomadic inhabitant of nowhere and everywhere at the same time. She is always planning a trip and hopes to one day publish her first novel. She has been dreaming about this magazine as an imaginary space, wherein we would be able to share and undergo the experience of being someone other than our ordinary selves.
